Simple and Not So Simple
Like brushing our teeth in the morning or grabbing our first cup of coffee each of us embraces the day taking the spiritual side of our self with us everywhere we go (sometimes to our own chagrin). Sometimes we express our faith in the simplicity of a smile we offer or a hug we give. Sometimes we feel joy or we realize we just have to laugh at ourselves. Often we are challenged in the midst of confusion, doubt, and frustration. This blog will explore some of the aspects of faith that seem simple as well as some that don’t feel simple at all.
Who is our King?
Maybe asking this question is a prudent task this Advent. An invitation to reflect, transform, release, and wait. Wait and confess our role in upholding images that have been to our benefit. Wait and reclaim an image that seeks to emerge and normalize. Wait and enable truthful images to grow and take hold. Continue reading
The weight of General Synod
General Synod 2016 will forever impact the journey of many. It may never be forgotten, especially by those who sat for hour upon hour at any of the tables in that plenary room. Now, as it has come to an end, its weight will enter communities across the country who will carry the joy and the challenge of its burden. Continue reading
Over your dead body
I hope death will not be soon for any of us, but it will happen at some point. So while we are living here on this earth we have a choice to make: to deny or embrace the responsibility we have as watershed disciples, even over our dead bodies. Continue reading
The scent of decay
It’s not pretty this time of year. Death and endings in our lives rarely are. They look bad, they feel bad, they sound bad and sometimes they even smell bad. Our own seasons of change, transformation, and death push our senses and our hearts beyond our capacity. Sometimes it feels like we have been buried in snow with no hope of emerging. But a season never lasts forever. Continue reading
Plump squirrels and climate change
Extremely plump squirrels, and summer flies in the middle of December seem rather insignificant. That is, until we realize the interconnectedness of it all. Continue reading
Everywhere, everywhere, everywhere.
In the meantime, we are called to live out life here on earth and we do so with a choice. A choice to choose between fear or hope. Maybe that sounds like a weak declaration to some of you, but I have nothing else. And I think it is enough. Continue reading
And then I had to take my shorts off
I’m a very good shopper. Not only can I shop and spend money for no reason at all, but I can also connect shopping to my emotions, using shopping as a means to overcome grief, anger, exhaustion, and self-consciousness. I have walked into stores equipped with the excuses “I deserve this,” “I need this,” and “I don’t have enough,” with each excuse allowing me to justify purchase after purchase. Continue reading
Simple and not so simple
Simple and not so simple: might both be needed for our journey. Continue reading
